BSF seize goods worth Rs Crore, apprehend 33 from Tripura border

Agartala, August 10 (UNI) BSF jawans has seized a large quantity of Ganja, Saree, other Garments, forest produce and Phensidyl worth Rs 1.55 Crore from various borders of the state in last one month.

They also apprehended 33 each, Indian and Bangladeshi nationals while illegally crossing at various places on Indo-Bangladesh border.

BSF officials here today said that following the seizure of contrabands, the authority had increased surveillance in Kamalsagar, Ashabari, Kalsimura, Dhanpur, Kullubari, Srimantapur, Srinagar and Amlighat border points while extra forces had been deployed along 856 km border with Bangladesh on the eve of the Independence Day.